The Conservatives were second with 10,859. The Lib Dems came third with 2,086 while the Greens got 803 and UKIP 798.

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Sir Vince Cable has been on the campaign trail in Lewisham East

But the Lib Dems will be hoping to improve their performance in the constituency – Lewisham voted to remain in the EU during the 2016 referendum and Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable has been on the campaign trail alongside the party’s candidate, Lucy Salek.

Heidi Alexander, who became an MP in 2010 and was shadow health secretary between 2015 and 2016, is leaving to become the new deputy mayor for transport.

She has been a prominent pro-EU voice on the opposition benches and has been co-chair of Labour Campaign for the Single Market.

Earlier this year she accused Labour of failing to come with a “common and coherent” Brexit position.

She is the latest Labour MP to leave Parliament for a job outside the Commons.

Another former shadow health secretary, Andy Burnham, is now the mayor of Greater Manchester, Tristram Hunt became director of the Victoria and Albert Museum and Jamie Reed left for a job in the nuclear industry.

The full list of candidates in Lewisham East was:

Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah – Green Party

Ross Archer – Conservative

Charles Carey – no description

Janet Daby – Labour

Massimo DiMambro – Democrats and Veterans Party

Sean Finch – Libertarian Party

Patrick Gray – Radical Party

Thomas Hall – Young People’s Party

Howling Laud Hope – Monster Raving Loony Party

David Kurten – UKIP

Maureen Martin – Christian Peoples Alliance

Mandu Reid – Women’s Equality Party

Lucy Salek – Liberal Democrats

Anne Marie Waters – For Britain Movement

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